Chapter 69: Dogs Fighting Dogs
"Young? Miss Ye should be fourteen years old by now, right? Speaking without thinking not only makes you easy to be hated, but also easy to lose your life."
Ye Fei gave a half-smile, her voice low and androgynous.
The casual words drifted lightly into Ye Minghui and Ye Tong's ears, catching them off guard and sending chills down their spines!
Ye Minghui forced himself to remain calm: "Yes... Your teachings are indeed correct..."
Xie Qin Gui watched from the side the whole time, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but turn up.
With just a few words, he was able to deflate the Ye siblings' arrogance; this Lord Dongfang is truly unfathomable.
Fortunately, he chose to befriend them rather than become their enemy; otherwise, his fate would not have been much better than that of the Ye siblings.
"Getting back to the point, if you can't come up with five thousand gold coins, don't waste each other's time." Ye Fei waved her sleeve, her tone indifferent: "If one Ice Crystal Fruit is lost during this time, none of you can afford to compensate for it."
Ye Minghui was extremely distressed. He hadn't brought much money with him this time, and could only scrape together three thousand gold coins at most.
But I'm still almost halfway to collect 5,000 gold coins...
Ye Minghui pursed his lips, cold sweat beading on his forehead: "We truly cannot raise five thousand gold coins... Could you perhaps lower the price slightly?"
Beneath the wide brim of her hat, Ye Fei's bright eyes darted around a few times before finally settling on the spirit staff in Ye Tong's hand.
An idea immediately formed in her mind. She pointed to the spirit staff and said, "This spirit staff seems to be of a decent quality. Why don't you, Miss Ye, reluctantly part with it?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Tong quickly gripped the spirit staff tightly and shook her head frantically: "This is the spirit staff my father gave me! I won't exchange it for money! Give up!"
"Alright, then we'll take our leave now."
Ye Fei was too lazy to waste words and turned to leave.
Ye Minghui glared angrily at Ye Tong, immediately snatched the staff from her hand, and shouted at Ye Fei's retreating figure, "Please wait, Your Excellency! We are willing to exchange this staff for money!"
Ye Fei stopped in her tracks and gave a sweet smile: "Young Master Ye is indeed a man who knows how to seize the moment."
"No! Brother! That's my spirit staff! You can't take it and sell it for money!"
Ye Tong's eyes turned red with anger. She tried to grab Ye Minghui's arm, but Ye Minghui slapped her across the face!
With a sharp slap, a bright red handprint quickly appeared on Ye Tong's cheek, leaving her stunned on the spot.
"How long are you going to embarrass me like this!" Ye Minghui was furious, wishing he could just slap Ye Tong to death.
Ye Tong covered her face in disbelief, her eyes wide with anger, tears welling up in her eyes: "You...you dare to hit me! Even my mother has never hit me, how could you..."
Ye Minghui ignored Ye Tong and presented his staff with both hands: "Your Excellency, we are willing to part with it. We hope the three of you will take good care of us in the days to come!"
Having witnessed a spectacular dog-eat-dog show, Ye Fei smiled silently, quite pleased with herself, and took the spirit staff: "We won't stay in the Forest of Fireflies for too long, no more than five days at the latest."
Ye Minghui bowed and said, "Then we will leave with the three of you."
"Okay, let's go then."
Ye Fei walked at the front of the group, but Ye Minghui grabbed Ye Tong and shouted angrily, "Let's go! It's just a spirit staff! Even if you wanted it, wouldn't Father give it to you?!"
Ye Tong glared at the petite figure walking at the front with gritted teeth, her resentment almost spilling from her eyes.
Dongfang... you're trying to sell my favorite spirit staff for money! I'll never forgive you!
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